Unlike Potter’s cloak, Invisibility Cloak only works with AI-monitored cameras, as it was made in order to hide the human body from AI-monitored security cameras. The cloak is actually not fashioned in the shape of a cloak but is a camouflage T-shirt designed to beat the sophisticated technology of facial recognition devices installed in China.
From the outside, Invisibility Cloak looks like any ordinary T-shirt but will serve as an important milestone in scientific research. It can be used to hide dissidents, migrant workers, and ethnic groups from state-run AI surveillance. During the day, it looks like a normal garment, but by night, it transforms into an invisibility cloak as it emits varying amounts of heat signatures to confuse the infrared thermal imaging cameras that use heat to map out humans and other objects.
The Results Of Invisibility Cloak Test Runs Show Promising Results
Professor Wang Zheng of Wuhan University’s school of computer science oversaw the path-breaking project.
“Nowadays, many surveillance devices can detect human bodies. Cameras on the road have pedestrian detection functions and smart cars can identify pedestrians, roads and obstacles. Our InvisDefense allows the camera to capture you, but it cannot tell if you are human,” said Wang
After running tests on the Invisibility Cloak, the students found out that the device helped hide pedestrians about 57 percent of the time. Wei Hui, one of the students behind the Invisibility cloak, told Vice, “We had to use an algorithm to design a least conspicuous image that could render camera vision ineffective.
